On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 10:14 AM, <veg...@engen.priv.no> wrote: > So anyone who considers adding stuff that is not 100% OK to copy is > destroying the project from within, not helping it. > > Period.
A public domain street sign does not become automagically a copyrighted "derivative work" just because you see it through a copyrighted photo. And this is true worldwide, not only in some countries. But some people are continuing to keep the doubts because they have a preference for surveys on the ground (something we have to promote anyway but with fair arguments). Claiming copyright ownership on public domain material has a name, it's called "copyfraud" ([1]) and is rarely sued in court in comparison to copyright infringements. Period. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyfraud _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
